Eleanor Holmes Norton

Acting

Eleanor Holmes Norton

Born 1937-06-13 · Washington, District of Columbia, USA

Eleanor Holmes Norton is an American politician serving as a Delegate to the United States House of Representatives, representing the District of Columbia since 1991. She is a member of the Democratic Party.

Acting credits

Imagining the Indian: The Fight Against Native American Mascoting poster
8.0

Examining the movement that is ending the use of Native American names, logos, and mascots in the world of sports and beyond.

Imagining the Indian: The Fight Against Native American Mascoting

2021

Reversing Roe poster
7.3

Documentary that delves deep into the history of abortion law, revealing the contradictory ways in which women's bodies have been used to further political and ideological agendas.

Reversing Roe

2018

Reviving the Forgotten River poster
NR

Reviving the Forgotten River explores water quality and environmental justice issues on the Anacostia River while shining a light on the heroes who fight for a cleaner, swimmable, and fishable river.

Reviving the Forgotten River

2024

Freedom Summer poster
7.2

In the summer of 1964, more than 700 students descended on violent, segregated Mississippi. Defying authorities, they registered voters, created freedom schools, and established the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party. Fifty years later, eyewitness accounts and never-before-seen archival material tell their story. Not all of them would make it through.

Freedom Summer

2014

My Name Is Pauli Murray poster
8.2

Overlooked by history, Pauli Murray was a legal trailblazer whose ideas influenced RBG's fight for gender equality and Thurgood Marshall's landmark civil rights arguments. Featuring never-before-seen footage and audio recordings, a portrait of Murray's impact as a non-binary Black luminary: lawyer, activist, poet, and priest who transformed our world.

My Name Is Pauli Murray

2021

District of Second Chances poster
NR

A quest for redemption is unfolding in Washington, D.C. Thanks to forward-looking “Second Chance” legislation, three men who were sentenced in their youth to life in prison have the chance to plead for release.

District of Second Chances

2024

Floyd Abrams: Speaking Freely poster
NR

Follow the 50-year career of preeminent First Amendment lawyer Floyd Abrams. See how his landmark cases—from the Pentagon Papers to Citizens United to Clearview AI—helped define free speech as it is known today. Join Dan Abrams, Ari Melber, Nina Totenberg and more as they explore how Abrams' career has shaped major changes in law, public discourse and civic action since the 1960s.

Floyd Abrams: Speaking Freely

2023

Black Power in America: Myth or Reality? poster
6.0

The film questions whether the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s effectively changed the Black community, and American society more widely, and examines the notion of Black power itself. Greaves interviewed major Black leaders, such as Franklin Thomas, Clifton Wharton Jr., Eleanor Holmes Norton, and Lerone Bennett Jr. to present a candid take on issues within the African American community, revealing wider societal problems in America at large.

Black Power in America: Myth or Reality?

1986

Get In The Way: The Journey of John Lewis poster
NR

Biographical documentary about John Lewis, the civil rights icon, respected legislator and elder statesman who continues to practice nonviolence in his determined fight for justice.

Get In The Way: The Journey of John Lewis

2017